Belt attachment for motor-vehicles.



F. R. WEISGERBER. BELT ATTACHMENT F'OR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPucATmN FILED mAY31.xs1e.

l ,297,948. Patented Mar.l '18, 1919.

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FRAN K R. WEISGERBER, F SALINA, KANSAS.

BELT ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

y -Specification of Letters atent.

Application led May' 31, 1918. Serial No. 237,430.

To all 'whom it may concern? Be it known that I, FRANK R. l/Vnrse'nnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Sahne and State of ,Kansas haveinvented a new and ImprovedLv Belt Attachment for lVlotor-Vehicles,- of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a belt attachment, and an obfect of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and inexpensive attachment which can be easily applied to a motor vehicle and which takes the place of the crank and can be used in a manner similar tothe crank.

Another Vobject of t-he invention is to provide a belt attachment which will not interfere with the vehicle and which will allow the use of the vehicle with the attachment thereon the same as'without the attachment.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and`-=-arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate'corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a motor vehicle provided with an `attachment embodying my invention;

Fig. lis a plan view of the attachment showing the manner of securing the same to the vehicle, certain parts of the attachment being in section to show the details of construction;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. t is a fragmentary side elevation similar to that in Fig. 1, showing the attachment uncoupled from the engine; and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5, Fig. 9.

Referring to the drawings, 6 is a coupling member which is keyed to one end ot a sha-it 7, which shaft also carries a pulley 8 near the other end. The shaft 7 is supported near the coupling by a bearing 9 which is-the bearing of the crank of the automobile. The shaft is also supported by a bearing 10 near the pulley which is formed of ,a T properly babbitted in the shoulders. The T is in turn connected by an elbow 11 to a tube 12 which extends parallel to the shaft.

The free end of the tube is flattened so l `that the same can be bolted to the brace 13 of the radius rods 1'1 of the automobile. The tube 12 is also connected by a. bolt 15 to a bracket 16 which is bolted to the yokes 17 of the spring 18. This connection of the tube 12 at the spring suspension causes the bearing 10 to participate in all the movements of the bearing 9 which is'carried by the spring suspension; therefore, the shaft 7 has two bearings which will maintain the shaft in proper alinement. i

The shaft 7 carries a spring 19 which can be maintained against the bearing 10 by a pin 20 detachable from tlieshaft, so that the spring will normally tend to maintain the coupling member 6 in engagement with the driving endV 21 of the engine shaft. In consequence the rotation of the engine shat't will be transmitted to the shaft 7 and, therefore, to the pulley 8 from which vpower can then be derived.

`To increase the stability of the bearino` 10 and prevent side sway of same, I provi e tension rods 22. which are hooked on to the body of the automobile. The ends ot' the. rod are threaded to engage cars 23 pivotally connet-ted to the T forming the bearing. It will be noted that the rods not. only prevent lateral movement of the shaft but also downward displacement of same rela-tive to the vehicle frame. 4

To disengage the shaft 7 from the engine shaft, the vpin 20 is pulled out g. thel spring 19 is then moved against the bearing 9 and the pin inserted into the shaftin a suitable opening provided for the pin, as best shown in Fig. '4. The spring acting against the pin will necessarily movethe shaft 7 and disengage the coupling member from the engine shaft, as shown in Fig. 4. To facilitate Patented Mal-.18, 1919. Y

cranking with the device, one end of the l gage the same from the engine shaft after-1 the engine has been started.

From the above it will be seen that the automobile can be used in ythe common way with the attachment on. On the other hand,

if desired, the attachment canV be easily re- 1,10

moved by enf,Y ones tliougflnot slillec, in tl -e hind ot Worlru claim:

l'. belt attachment for motor vehicles comprising a trame adapted to be Secured to the. vehicle so that a part of Said frame will extend forward ot the vehicle, a shaft revolubly and slidably mounted on said frame, a coupling member constrained to move with the ehatt. tor Couplingthe shaft to the .Crank sl itt of the vehicle, a springh moi'leble on said shaft means for positioning said spring,` on the elialft so that it will either maintain the Coupling member in engagement. with the Crank shaft or maintain the emipling` member disengaged from the Crank Shaft? and a pulley.' eonetrained to more with Said shaft.

Q. belt attachment for motor Yehielee ame will' extend forward of the fvehicle, a shaft mounted to revolve and slide in said trame, a coupling` member oonetrained to more with saidshaft in different posit-ions on said Shaft. and wherebyT said he coupled to the crank shaft of the Vehic 7. a mo vable spring on said shaft, mean? for connecting said spring` to the Shaft so that the' `elia'tmai7 be moved on the frame to ofi from the crank shafty whereby tl e eouplii C member may be n'iantained in orout of engagement with tl e Crank shaft, and/a nullegv Constrained to more with said shaft, said sha-thaving means tor receiving a @rank ,substantially as and for the purpose set` forth.

I3. belt attachment for motor Vehicles Comprising a tube, nieane for securing the tube to the iront part ot the vehicle so that the same will extend forward of the Vehicle, a second bearing, a shaft mounted `to revolve and eli/de in said bearings, a Spring' movable on the shaft and adapted to engage either of the bearings means for engaging the spring' and shaft for maintaining` said spring stressed `position against either ot the loe-armee, a coupling member associated with the end of the Shaft in proximity. of the crank shaft of the vehicle, and a pulley ae= soci-ated with one end of the shaft.

le A belt attaolnnentufor motor Vehicles eon'iprising a tube, means for securing said tube to the spring suspension of the vehicle so that a partof said tube extends forwardly of the Vehicle, a. T secured to said tube so that the shoulders ot' the T aline Wit-h the so as to prevent lateral movement of said 'l'.

5. A belt attachment tor motor Vehicles Comp-rising a tube, means for securing one end ot the tube to the radius rods of the vehicle, a bracket adapted to be secured to the spring suspension of the vehicle, means tor securing the tube to the bracket, a secured to the front end of the tube so that the same alines With the crank shaft of the vehicle? a bearing secured to the spring suspension of the vehicle to aline With the shoulders of the T, a shaft mounted to Slide and revolve in said T and bearing, a spring movable on'siaid shaft 'between the T and bearing', means for engaging the spring and shaft whereby said spring may be maintained in stressed position on said shaft against either the or the bearing so as to more the Shaft to or from the crank shaft of the vehicle7 a coupling member secured to the shaft in proximity of the eranl shaft, a pulley eeeured to the sha-tt in proximity of the `and tie rode securing the T to the vehicle above the suspension to prevent lateral movement of said T, said shaft havingits forward end so arranged thata Crank can be secured thereto substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANL WYESGERBER. 

